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  1. jbgreer

    air mattresses and cook pots!

    My wife and I took pads along and never used them. We carried thermarest pads (the shorter models), not that large and not that heavy, but on the road all weight seems multiplied. jbgreer
  2. jbgreer

    your MVP

    I bought a very small Swiss army knife in Astorga chiefly to have a pair of scissors handy, which I used to cut bandages. jbgreer
  3. jbgreer

    uses for a walking stick

    Like you, I found my walking stick on the road, but my reunion with it might take a bit longer. I carried my stick with me to Finisterre, where I cast it into the sea. I had decided that couldn't take it back home - my walking stick was this enormous branch I found by the road, so large that...
  4. jbgreer

    walking sticks

    I'll echo a few others and say that finding the right walking stick can be part of the journey, too. I found one fairly early on, but then, days later, happened upon my 'real' stick and realized, at the same time, that I'd actually picked up a good walking stick for my wife. As for a compass...

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